Simon Gantillon — Maya

Waltham Saint Lawrence Berkshire , The Golden Cockerel Press, 1930. Cloth. A lovely Golden Cockerel Press edition of Virginia Vernon translation of Gantillon's classic controversial play, illustrated by acclaimed engraver Blair Hughes-Stanton. The first Vernon & Vernon translation. Limited edition of five hundred copies, of which this is number twenty five. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt Golden Cockerel Press insignia. With 13 wood engravings by leading artist Blair Hughes-Stanton, including a frontispiece and five full-page illustrations. Collated, complete. Maya first premiered in 1924. The first publication in the original French followed shortly after and the initial English translation by Ernest Boyd in 1928. This edition is the second English translation, from American actress and playwright Virginia Fox-Brooks Vernon and her husband Frank Vernon, who prolifically translated French and Russian plays. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Externally generally smart with bumping to extremities and marks to boards, particularly to the rear board. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the extremities and fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: Blair Hughes-Stanton. Very Good .